** Shares of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies fall in premarket trade
** Bitcoin , the world's biggest cryptocurrency, hit one-week low and was last at $67,370, down 3.3%
** Ether falls 3.9% to $3,527
** Crypto exchange Coinbase Global slips 3.4%, while Blockchain farm operator Bitfarms Ltd drops 3.9%
** Crypto miners Riot Platforms and Marathon Digital down between 3.1% and 3.3%
** U.S.-listed shares of Hut 8 and Bit Digital
also decline 3.1% to 3.3%
** Software firm and BTC buyer MicroStrategy dips 3.5%, while BTC mining machine maker Canaan down 3.7%
** ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF falls 3.2%
** Bitcoin rose nearly 58.5% YTD
(Reporting by Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru)
((Pranav.Kashyap@thomsonreuters.com;))
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